Gore Mountain Conditions

[Milo Maltbie]

It counts double if you do it with kids.

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[tirolski]

... I’m biased toward poling over skating.

My legs always get more tired than my arms whenever skiing.
Poling helps to give the arms a bit of a workout.
Is the pipeline as flat as the bottom of Echo flats to Burnt Ridge quad?

 

[Milo Maltbie]

Is the pipeline as flat as the bottom of Echo flats to Burnt Ridge quad?

I'm not sure. Pipeline is longer and it has one uphill (2 if you skip Peace Pipe) that always stop me. I can usually carry enough speed from Twister's Sister to glide to BRQ.

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[tirolski]

I'm not sure. Pipeline is longer and it has one uphill (2 if you skip Peace Pipe) that always stop me. I can usually carry enough speed from Twister's Sister to glide to BRQ.

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Thanks,
Yup, I still gave it some poles, especially if not wind aided by prevailing westerlies.

 

[Petronio]

Sun is out, snow is softening up, great day to be out! No crowds!

 

[tirolski]

Watched the summit cam for a few seconds and somebody had a black jacket with Big letters spelling “Vertika” on the back.
The pros must be in town for the big air-tricks snowcross shows.

 

[Capdistski]

Re pipeline I’ve done it with next to no skating if Tahawus is empty enough to tuck as soon as you can near the bottom - essential to reduce wind resistance. Doesn’t hurt that I weigh 235. And need to do the same on Peaceful Valley a couple times.

But it’s always a fun workout and on days like yesterday you hit at least three climates.

 

[DomB]

Sun is out, snow is softening up, great day to be out! No crowds!

Superbowl Sunday is sweet skiing.

 

[Brownski]

Superbowl Sunday is sweet skiing.

That has been my experience as well

 

[DomB]

Hey all - We are very happy with our decision to base out of Gore this season. Can someone just describe what they typically do with blowing snow? I have seen here that they don't blow past President's. Does that mean they don't blow after that Monday, typically, or they don't blow snow after the week?

Given skier traffic, I'd imagine it would make sense for them to at least do some touch up during the week (thinking about Saddle area or Foxlair for example) and then stop if they so choose.

Starting this weekend we'll get our largest chunk of ski days yet - potentially 9 days with kid school holiday though my wife will leave for a bit to do some school work. We plan to potentially work in a handful of days at Whiteface which looks like it is about 1:20 from the rental we are at.

Given holiday crowds, Saturday, Sunday, and maybe Monday we may just do a handful of runs in the morning (or hideout in a pod). Surprisingly, it seems like the Pres week crowd does not stay for the week and treat it more like a MLK situation; that also suggests that Ski Bowl could be a good option for hiding out. Thanks in advance.